[Board of Supervisors on April 15, 2026.]
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I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS MEETING OF THE APRIL 15TH.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DATE IS? UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR MEETING.
I ASK THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR CELL PHONES, WOULD YOU CURRENTLY PUT THEM ON MUTE OR OFF? I JUST SAY THAT TO MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO ASK AT THIS TIME IF THE REVEREND KENDRA POWELL, WHO'S THE PASTOR OF
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, I TRIED TO DO SOMETHING WITH HIM,
IT'S BEYOND MY PAY GRADE, I GUESS.
LET US DO OUR HEADS IN PRAYER.
GRACIOUS GOD, WE ASK YOU TO BE WITH US IN THIS GATHERING AND BLESS IT.
AND WE THANK YOU ALWAYS FOR THE DEDICATED SUPERVISORS WHO WATCH OVER THE AFFAIRS OF OUR COUNTY THIS EVENING.
DURING THE MEETING, PLEASE GIVE EACH PERSON WISDOM AND COMPASSION AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF ALL PEOPLE.
AND WE ASK YOU TO HAVE US EACH LISTEN WITH RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION, EVEN WHEN WE MAY NOT AGREE.
WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF CHRIST OUR LORD.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU REVEREND POWELL FOR THE INVOCATION.
I ACCEPT A, A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
SECOND, IT'S GONNA MOVE PROPERLY.
SECOND, THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
DOESN'T SEEM WE NEED ANY REMOTE PARTICIPATION.
UM, DO WE, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO, MA'AM.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT THE PUBLIC, UM, COMMON RULES.
UH, NEXT ON AGENDA, UH, MEETING MINUTES.
MOVE ON SECOND, THEN MOVE AND PROPER SECOND THAT WE MOVE BY MINUTES.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
IT BRINGS US DOWN TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND, THAT WE, UH, APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
ANY DISCUSSION ON ANYTHING? NOT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED LIGHT AT THIS POINT, UH, WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
WE'LL RECEIVE A BRIEFING FROM THE HAMPTON ROADS WORKFORCE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE HAMPTON ROADS WORKFORCE COUNCIL.
WE'RE THE REGIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE WE HAVE TALENT AND THE REGION TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND THE REGIONAL REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS COME JULY ONE, WE WILL ACTUALLY BE REPRESENTING THE, UM, EASTERN SHORE IN OUR SERVICE REGION.
FOR MANY YEARS YOU'VE BEEN REPRESENTED BY THE BAY CONSORTIUM WORKFORCE BOARD.
UM, BUT OVER THE YEARS THERE'S BEEN SOME MOVEMENT TO RESTRUCTURE SOME OF THE AREAS.
AND THE TWO AREAS THEY FOCUSED ON WAS THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA.
I REPRESENT RIGHT NOW THE 15 CITIES AND COUNTIES OF HAMPTON ROADS, SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS, AND THE PENINSULA AND BAY CONSORTIUM REPRESENTS THE EASTERN SHORE AND FREDERICKSBURG.
SO YOUR WORKFORCE BOARD IS ACTUALLY CONNECTED WITH FREDERICKS BOARD FREDERICKSBURG, UM, IN LINE WITH GO VIRGINIA.
IT WOULD, IT MADE SENSE TO REALIGN.
AND SO COME JULY ONE, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EASTERN SHORE.
AND ACTUALLY GLOUCESTER WILL MOVE INTO THE BAY CONSORTIUM WORKFORCE BOARD OUT OF OUR WORKFORCE BOARD.
SO, JUST WANTED TO COME HERE TODAY AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND WHAT WE DO AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER ALREADY.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE BAY CONSORTIUM IS WE'RE A LOT BIGGER.
UM, WE REPRESENT ABOUT 25 TO 30% OF ALL THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE DOLLARS, UH, THAT COME THROUGH THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT TO VIRGINIA.
SO IT ALLOWS US TO PUT A LOT OF PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS WE REPRESENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE ALREADY IN TALKS TO MOVE YOUR VIRGINIA CAREER WORK CENTER, WHICH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE STRIP MALL.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION IN AN UNDERUTILIZED SPACE.
WE'RE MOVING THAT LOCATION TO THE, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHICH IS GONNA ALLOW A LOT OF SYNERGIES TO GO ON, UH, WHERE THAT SHOULD OPEN JULY ONE.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT RIGHT.
UH, DURING THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY.
BUT THAT'LL GIVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES.
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THE OTHER GOOD THING THAT WE BRING IS WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING DOLLARS.SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL'S VERY INTERESTED IN GETTING A NEW SKILL SET OR, OR MOVING INTO A NEW CAREER PATHWAY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE TRAINING DOLLARS TO THEM TO GET INTO THAT PATHWAY.
IN ADDITION, WE DO A LOT AROUND BUSINESS SERVICES.
I HELP A WHOLE TEAM THAT WILL WORK WITH YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR WORKFORCE NEEDS ARE AND THEN PUT SOLUTIONS IN PLACE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
AND I SHOULD START OFF BY SAYING ALL OF THIS IS FREE OF CHARGE TO YOUR CITIZENS AND THE, UM, AND YOUR BUSINESSES AND YOU ACTUALLY
UM, IT'S PAID FOR THROUGH FEDERAL DOLLARS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
UM, THE LAST PIECE I WANT TO ADD, A BIG PIECE IS WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR SCHOOL DIVISIONS.
WE'LL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR SCHOOL DIVISIONS.
WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH NORTH HAMPTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED WHAT'S CALLED GO TECH FOR THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH YOUR, UH, SCHOOL DIVISION AS WELL.
SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
WE WANT TO, WE DON'T WANNA SAY THAT WE'RE COMING IN AND STARTING EVERYTHING NEW, BUT WE'RE ENHANCING ALL THE SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY PROVIDED.
UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVING MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERACT WITH YOU GOING FORWARD.
YOU WILL HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT YOUR REGION, STILL ON THE BOARD.
THE HAMPTON RESERV WAR FORCE COUNCIL.
YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR FROM YOU, YOUR BODY, AS WELL AS NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, UH, REPRESENTED THAT.
BUT I THINK IT'LL JUST ADD A LOT OF O UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER AND BE ABLE TO ENHANCE THE WORKFORCE SERVICES FOR BOTH YOUR CITIZENS AND YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU REPRESENT.
SO WE'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANYONE? I WAS EXCITED.
YEAH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED AS WELL.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO I'M, UM, I HAVE A LOT.
YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE LINE OF WHAT I DO.
I WORK WELL FROM NORTH HAMPTON SOCIAL SERVICES.
AND, UM, I WORKED IN EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
UM, I WAS VERY MUCH A PART, I WAS PART, I WAS THE BOARD MEMBER THERE.
UM, ALSO THE, UH, WE HAD AN ELECTED, NOT ELECTED, WELL IN THE ELECTED OFFICIAL WE HAD, UH, APPOINTED A PERSON.
WOULD THAT PERSON STILL OR DO WE NEED TO APPOINT A DIFFERENT ONE? YOU, IT'S YOUR CALL IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE SAME PERSON.
THE TWO BOARD MEMBERS, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, WANTED TO STAY ON SEAN HILDEBRAND.
AND THOSE ARE THE BUSINESS AND BEVERLY DAVIS.
I THINK SHE WAS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD.
WE WOULD LOVE TO KEEP THEM ON.
I MEAN, WE WANT TO KEEP, WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE AND REALLY NO INTERRUPTIONS OF SERVICES.
SO I I'M GONNA BE MEETING WITH BOTH OF THEM.
I WANT, I WANTED TO MEET ME FIRST.
AND HOW ALSO DID THE DIVORCE MEET? DID THEY BE QUARTERLY? OH, WE MEET FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
AND WE'LL, WE WILL MOVE THEM AROUND, BUT WE WILL ALSO OFFER VIRTUAL SERVICES.
WE WILL STILL HAVE, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HAVE ONE ON THE EASTERN SHORE AS WELL, BUT HAVE MAYBE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS FOR OUR WORKFORCE BOARDS.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE CAN HAVE AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR SOMETHING.
I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BRING TO BOTH WELL, ESPECIALLY ACKER COUNTY.
'CAUSE THAT'S RIGHT NOW JUST ONE I'M SERVING.
SO, UH, I'M JUST, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH.
I DO APPLAUD THAT YOU HAVE MOVED FROM, UH, VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION TO I THINK IT'S BE SERVICEABLE.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WORKFORCE PIECE RIGHT THERE THAT AT, UM, IT'S GONNA BE LOCATED IN THAT WORKFORCE CENTER RIGHT THERE ON THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS.
SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD MOVE.
AND PRESIDENT MINUS WILL BE, IS ALREADY ON THE BOARD.
SO HE'LL CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AS WELL.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO FIND A TIME BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ON THE EASTERN SHORE.
AND AGAIN, WE, WE DON'T WANT TO COME IN LIKE WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND RIGHT.
WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE WERE OTHER, UH, OTHER BOARDS THAT WERE, UM, OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAD REGIONAL BOARDS, UM, UM, EASTERN SHORE, UM, AREA ON AGING.
I KNOW THEY'LL BE PART OF IT AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THERE'S, UM, AND I'M GONNA MESS THE DARS.
THE DARS IS GONNA BE MOVING TO EASTERN SHORE, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS WELL.
THEY'RE SETTING UP SPACE THERE OKAY.
SO YES, THE, THE PLAN IS NO SERVICES WILL BE LOST WITH THE MOVE TO THE EASTERN SHORE BECAUSE WE HAD TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT.
I WAS KIND OF HESITANT WHEN THAT OH MY GOD.
NO, BUT FROM WHAT YOUR PRESENTATION I, IT MADE ME HAS MADE ME FEEL BETTER.
UM, AND IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, I'M SURE I'LL COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU.
BUT I, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORTING THIS.
MOVING DOWN TO OLD BUSINESS, UH, RECEIVE A-A-C-P-S AKIMA COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, REVISE FY 25 CARRY FORWARD REQUEST AND CONSIDER SCHEDULE A PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND THE COUNTY'S FY 26 BUDGET FOR THIS AMOUNT.
DID YOU WANNA DO THE PRECURSOR? UM, NO.
WELL, I'VE BEEN CALLED WORSE THINGS THAN OLD BEFORE.
I WANTED, UH, DR. MILLER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT SOMETHING JUST CAME UP THAT DEMANDED HER ATTENTION.
SO YOU'RE KIND OF STUCK WITH DR.
UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO SINCERELY THANK YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERING THIS TONIGHT.
I DO APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION.
JUST I THOUGHT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, A LIST OF
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WHAT WAS CUT.YOU HAVE A LIST OF WHAT'S IN, BUT I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT WHAT WAS CUT.
AND SINCE THIS IS THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE IN FEBRUARY BY ME, SO I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF IT IN DETAIL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS ON, UH, WHAT I THINK YOU HAVE AS AN ATTACHMENT ON, ON YOUR COMPUTERS.
UM, I, I MADE A POINT TO INDICATE LIKE IF IT WAS STATE FUNDING, LIKE UNDER THE GYMS, UH, I INDICATED HOW MUCH OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY STATE FUNDING, UH, UNDER ACAC PRIMARY.
AND THIS ISN'T ON THE CUT LIST, THIS IS ON THE INCLUDED LIST.
THAT SHOULD BE ON YOUR COMPUTER.
UNDER THE MACK PRIMARY, I SEPARATED OUT THE TWO AND A HALF MILLION THAT THIS, OR NOT THIS SPECIFIC BOARD, BUT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GAVE THE SCHOOL IN ORDER TO, UH, HELP COMPLETE AND FINISH THE RENOVATION OF MACK PRIMARY SCHOOL.
AND I ALSO, UH, INDICATED THAT THE, ALL IN VIRGINIA, THOSE WERE STATE FUNDS.
SO THAT'S NO CHANGE IN ANY OF THE AMOUNTS OR WHAT THEY ARE.
AND I THINK I ACTUALLY SAID IT WHEN I WAS HERE IN FEBRUARY, BUT I PUT IT ON THIS.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHER THINGS THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT AND THEN I'LL BE GLAD TO GO OVER ANY PROJECTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO GO OVER.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE STORAGE BUILDING AND A AND E FEE THAT'S VERY NEAR THE TOP THAT WILL NOT BE COMPLETED.
THEN THERE WON'T BE A CONTRACT FOR THAT BY JUNE 30TH.
SO WE WILL HOPEFULLY BE OUT FOR BID ON THAT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALERT EVERYBODY THAT I DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE A PO IN PLACE FOR THAT AS OF JUNE 30TH.
AND THE SAME THING WITH THE SHIN AIG GYM AND THE A AND E FEE FOR THE SHIN AIG GYM.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO CUT AS MANY CORNERS AS WE CAN, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA USE THE SAME PROTOTYPE AND THE PLANS THAT WE JUST DID FOR PONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO THAT SHOULD, SHOULD HELP SAVE SOME TIME.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S SITE CONSIDERATIONS THERE, SO THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
SO I'M NOT EXPECTING NECESSARILY TO HAVE A BID IN PLACE AND RESULTS BACK FOR THE CHIN TAKE GYM.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO HAPPEN BY JUNE 30TH OR IF I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE POS IN PLACE.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE I WENT OVER THIS BEFORE, BUT I'D BE GLAD TO GO OVER ANYTHING OR THE WHOLE THING AGAIN, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO BOARD MEMBERS.
I, I KNOW I'M THE GREAT EVIL HERE 'CAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT I'VE SPENT MORE TIME TRYING TO FIND OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM.
DON'T LIKE IT, BUT I APPRECIATE IT, UNDERSTAND IT AND IT'S, IT'S HERE.
UM, I SEE IN THE LIST, I SEE A LOT OF THINGS WHICH I WOULD CONSIDER NORMAL OPERATIONS, BUDGET ITEMS AND NOT SPECIAL ITEMS. I MEAN, NORMALLY BOOKS ARE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE, YOUR STANDARD OPERATING BUDGET.
NOW, I GUESS WE HAD A SHORTFALL, AND THIS, THIS MAKES UP THE SHORTFALL IS THAT LOGIC BEHIND.
SO WE DO HAVE, WE DO RECEIVE TEXTBOOK MONEY FROM THE STATE THAT'S TYPICALLY USED FOR REPLACEMENTS OR NOW SO MANY OF THEM ARE ONLINE, SO YOU'RE PAYING ANNUAL RENEWAL FEES.
BUT THE STATE DOES ADOPTIONS, AND DR.
ABE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO.
THE STATE DOES ADOPTIONS EVERY SEVEN YEARS, ABOUT SEVEN YEARS WHEN THEY UPDATE STANDARDS OR ANY OF THOSE.
AND THEN WE NEED TO ALIGN OUR TEXTBOOKS WITH WHAT THE STATE APPROVED CURRICULUMS. BUT THAT MONEY ONLY COMES FROM WITHIN YOUR OWN BUDGET OR DOES IT COME FROM
THE MONEY WE GET FOR TEXTBOOKS IS NOT TYPICAL, IS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER AN ADOPTION.
SO THE ONLY THING THAT I LISTED ON THIS ARE THE ACTUAL ADOPTIONS, THE ACTUAL REPLACEMENTS OR THE RENEWALS OF THE ONLINE TEXTBOOKS THAT'S ONLY COME FROM US ANYWAY, IS IN OUR OPERA.
THAT'S IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
WE PAID, THAT'S YOUR OPERATING BUDGET.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT ADOPTIONS ARE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FOUR.
READING, WRITING, ARITHMETIC, I DON'T KNOW, ENGLISH, MATH, UH, SOCIAL STUDIES, HISTORY AND SCIENCE.
THOSE ARE THE BIG FOUR THAT WHEN WE'VE JUST COMPLETED WITHIN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, ENGLISH AND, UH, MATH.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BIG AND REQUIRE EXTRA.
AND, AND GRANTED, I COME FROM A WORLD THAT HAS NONE OF THIS IN IT.
SO I LOOK AT THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
THE ONLY OTHER THING I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND MAYBE 'CAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM, AND I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS AS IF THERE'S A LOT OF PHYSICAL BRICKS AND MORTAR HERE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS NECESSARY.
BUT IN MY FANTASY WORLD, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN MORE ADVANCED EDUCATION TRAINING OR TOOLS OR, I MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT OF ALL THIS IS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN.
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I SAID AND GOTTEN YOU ALL THAT RICKS DON'T TEACH KIDS.WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TITLE MONEY, WE GET A LOT OF TITLE MONEY AND SPECIAL EDUCATION, IDEA MONEY.
WE SPENT A LOT OF THAT ON THAT.
AND PLUS WE EMBED THAT IN OUR OPERATING BUDGET.
AND I'M SORRY FOR BEING SO NAIVE, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN A TAXPAYER FOR 60 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN A BOARD SUPERVISOR MEMBER FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I KNOW YOU WEREN'T HERE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS I WAS HERE, A LOT OF YOU WERE HERE WHEN WE GOT THE NEW SCHOOLS AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
IT'S LIKE WE HAVE THE NEW SCHOOLS.
WELL, THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OPEN IN WHAT? 97? THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEIR SYSTEMS ARE IN NEED OF LIFE REPLACEMENT.
UH, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON A LOT OF THESE.
THEY THEY ARE THEY THEY'VE LIVED THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY.
SO WHEN YOU GET, YOU KNOW, I WON'T GO THROUGH WHAT THE TRAIN GUY SAYS TO ME, BUT I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN YOU DO THE, UM, CHILLER, THAT'S THE BODY, BUT YOU GOTTA DO THE CONTROLLER, WHICH IS THE BRAIN, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE VAVS AND YOU'VE GOT THE AUS.
BUT THAT IS, YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
NEITHER
IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE VAVS FOR TIG ELEMENTARY, $1.3 MILLION.
NO, I, I I'VE HAD, I'VE DONE BUSINESS HVAC.
IT'S COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL ONE.
I, I UNDERSTAND THE EXPENSES ARE ASTRONOMICAL.
UM, I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS.
I, I'M, I'M STILL CONFUSED BY ALL THIS, BUT YOU'VE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB, AT LEAST MAKING ME UNDERSTAND BETTER.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR MY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
I'D RATHER HAVE QUESTIONS ASKED THAN NOT ANSWER.
DOES THE, DO THE SCHOOLS, DO YOU HAVE A 5, 10, 15 YEAR FACILITIES PLAN, MAINTENANCE PLAN AND REPLACEMENT PLAN? WE DO HAVE A CIP PLAN.
WE DO SUBMIT THAT TO THE COUNTY EVERY YEAR AS WELL.
UH, IT COMES OUT WHAT, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER ABOUT WE SUBMIT IT THEN.
AND IT WAS ALSO PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND WAS APPROVED, I BELIEVE, IN DECEMBER.
SO I CAN GET YOU THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE A COPY OF THAT.
WELL, I DON'T THINK THE CIP ANSWERS MY QUESTION, BUT THAT'S, MAYBE THAT'S THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION, DIDN'T YOU? I'M SORRY.
I THOUGHT THAT'S NO, SO I MEAN, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE LIFESPAN OF, ARE WE ABLE TO PREDICT WHEN SYSTEMS ARE GOING TO NEED REPLACEMENT OR ARE WE ACTIVELY TRACKING THAT FROM A FACILITIES MANAGEMENT? YOU CANNOT PREDICT IT.
SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
IN THIS BUDGET REQUEST ARE BOILERS, ONE FOR NANDUA HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE FOR ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL AT, TOWARDS THE END OF THE COLD SEASON.
AND ONCE AGAIN, I MIGHT NOT HAVE THIS RIGHT.
WE BLEW A TUBE THAT WAS SO BIG IN THE ONE AT KEA TANK THAT NOW THAT HAS MOVED TO THE TOP AND THAT IS GOING TO KICK EITHER NANDUA OR, UH, ARCADE METAL OFF OF THIS LIST.
APPARENTLY IT'S A BIG, BIG TWO.
SO WE'RE, LET ME, LET ME JUST, AND I, AND I DON'T WANNA TELL YOU GUYS HOW TO DO YOUR BUSINESS, BUT I DO THINK HAVING WORKED WITH OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS, THAT THERE'S A FACILITY PLANNING CALENDAR THAT'S LOOKING 5, 10, 15 YEARS IN ADVANCE.
SO AT LEAST WE KNOW THE LIFESPAN OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AND WHEN WE'RE GONNA NEED TO BUDGET FOR REPLACEMENT.
SO WE HAVE THAT FROM IS IN THE CP.
WE HAVE A, A COMPREHENSIVE LIST AND IT'S MARKED RED FOR YOU.
BETTER START CONSIDERING IT IN A WHILE.
AND GREEN SO THAT WE KNOW THE EXPECTED LIFESPAN OF THE CURRENT, THE NEW THE SCHOOLS YOU REFERENCED THE NEWER SCHOOLS FOR WHAT BUILDING FOR THE CHILLER? NINE, SEVEN.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FACILITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO.
I THINK THAT, THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THEM TO CONTINUE CONFUSION.
THAT'S, I MEAN, THERE'S NO PLAN AT ALL TO REPLACE THEM.
THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING THAT.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN TAKEN OUTTA CONTEXT WASN'T IMPLYING THAT AT ALL.
I'M JUST SAYING, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? ARE WE PREDICTING THE LIFESPAN? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT NOW.
I THINK I, I MADE MY POINT, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I SEE THOSE ITEMS ON HERE AND UNDERSTANDING EMERGENCIES HAPPEN AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES AND, AND, AND THINGS DO THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SET ASIDE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT.
BUT ARE WE DOING A GOOD JOB OF CAPTURING OUR ANTICIPATED FACILITIES EXPENSES TO HELP KEEPING THOSE SCHOOLS IN THE GAME? AND, AND THANK YOU.
MR. UH, YOU SAID A BAD WORD A WHILE AGO.
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THE PROPERTY WILL HOLD.SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDO YOUR PLANS AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE DONE BEFORE JUNE 30TH.
IS THAT CORRECT? SO OUR ARCHITECT HAS POSITIONED SURE WHERE HE BELIEVES IT SHOULD GO, WHICH IS NOT THE INITIAL PLACE WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO.
AND HE IS WORKING WITH MARK BOWDEN.
UH, BECAUSE WE, WE, UM, OUR BOBBY BENNETT CONTACTED MIKE TALBERT AND SAID, WHO DO WE WORK WITH? AND HE, HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING WITH MARK BOWDEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE STARTED YET OR NOT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ASKED HIM TO DO BECAUSE BOBBY WAS KIND OF ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THIS, BECAUSE OF THIS AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE 2 MILLION AND, AND NOT MORE.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO REDO, MAKE FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN THE LIST.
SO, UM, THEY HAVE MOVED WHERE THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ORIGINALLY THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LIKE PARALLEL TO THAT WING WHERE THE CLASSROOMS ARE.
NOW THEY HAVE IT PERPENDICULAR TO THAT BETWEEN WHAT I WOULD CALL THE TEACHER PARKING LOT AND THE BASKETBALL COURT.
WHICH IS WHERE THE ALTERNATIVE DRAIN FIELDS ARE LOCATED.
THAT'S WHERE THE ALT, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION FOR THAT.
BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT IT.
THE ARCHITECT BELIEVES IT WILL FIT IN THERE.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? ANY OTHER, OKAY.
I THINK, UH, THE NEXT ORDER IS YOU NEED TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING IS THOUGH A MOTION IS IN ORDER.
COULD YOU, UH, MOTION STATE WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT? UH, CAN IT BE THE NEXT REGULAR, WHICH IS MAY 20TH? MM-HMM
I DON'T, Y'ALL DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE RIGHT HERE? NO.
AND THE SECOND, OKAY, IT'S REMOVED AND PROPER SECOND THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR, THIS TAKE THIS TO PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, AND THAT WOULD OCCUR ON MAY 20TH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPOINTMENTS, BUT MY, UH,
APPOINTMENTS ISHA SHOW TO SHOW COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD.
I ASKED A PERSON, THEY TURNED ME DOWN, SO I'M STILL LOOKING.
SO YOU WANNA CONTINUE IT? OKAY.
ACK COUNTY WET WETLANDS BOARD.
I SENT SOME FEELERS OUT TO SAXES BUT DIDN'T GET A BITE.
BUT I DO HAVE SOMEBODY IN SAXES THAT'S LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO BE ON THIS BOARD.
I THINK IT'D BE VERY GOOD TO HAVE SAXES PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD.
OKAY, SO YOU GOING TO CONTINUE IT AS WELL? I AM.
AGRICULTURE AND FOREST DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
MADAM CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE.
AND I DO HAVE SOMEBODY TO CONSIDERING THAT TOO, SO, OKAY.
I THOUGHT YOU MEANT, YOU HAD THIS ONE, THIS LAST ONE.
NO, ACK COUNTY PARKS RECREATION COMMITTEE.
YOU DON'T HAVE, THERE IS AN ACTIVE OUTREACH PROGRAM HAPPENING IN MY AREA AT THIS TIME.
I CALL THAT OH, FOR FIVE, HONEY.
IT'S, AND I WANT ALL OF US TO, UM, IT'S ON THE AGENDA, THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS, REPORTS, MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE ADHERING TO THEIR, UM, UH, SUPERVISORS, GOOD STEWARDS.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT, MAYBE THEY NEED TO BE ASKED TO BE REMOVED.
SIX O'CLOCK IS NOT UNTIL THE WHEW.
AND THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS TO RECEIVE THE, UH, SIX YEAR PLAN FOR MR. MR. ISTO.
AND I KNOW HE'S NOT GONNA DO THAT IN SIX MINUTES, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT WE'LL LET YOU START.
SO MADAM CHAIR, VICE MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GOOD EVENING, UM, COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT MACK COUNTY'S SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN FOR A YEAR'S 27 THROUGH 32.
FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES TO GO.
UM, SO AS IN THE PAST, UH, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND CONCENTRATING ON NOW ARE YOUR PRIORITIES.
UH, SO WE SELECT A PROJECT, WE PUT IT AS AN ACTIVE PROJECT, WE START FINDING FUNDING, WE PUT FUNDING TOWARDS IT, AND WHEN THAT'S COMPLETED, WE REPLACE IT WITH THE NEXT ONE.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE SHELF PROJECTS.
SO, UM, AND, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO HEAR ME TWICE ON THIS,
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BUT FUNDING OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS IS UP.YOU HAVEN'T THAT, YOU HAVEN'T ANSWER THAT OFTEN.
IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS, THAT'S FOR SURE.
UH, SO EACH, EACH YEAR PROJECTED OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS, $9,328 MORE PER YEAR THAN WHAT I STOOD UP HERE LAST YEAR AND SAID SO GOOD.
SO, AND YOUR, UH, UNPAID FUNDING, UH, ACTUALLY WENT UP AGAIN.
ALRIGHT, SO OVER YOUR NEXT SIX YEARS, HERE'S THE BREAKUP OF YOUR TELECOM AND UNPAID, AS YOU CAN SEE, GRAND TOTAL, UH, FOR BOTH OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
UPCS CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A PROJECT BECAUSE THAT PROJECT WE SPOKE ABOUT FOREVER IS COMPLETE.
SO, UH, CEMETERY ROAD DONE, IT'S MAJOR DONE.
SO IT ALSO RIDE SOMETIMES IT'S A NICE ROAD.
SO, UH, SHELF PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE LIST, UH, YOUR NUMBER ONE IS ROAD 6 0 9 REDWOOD ROAD.
SECOND ONE IS 7 89 MAIN STREET, LOCUST FIELD ROAD THERE AND ONLY, UH, SO FUNDING SOURCE AND PROJECT SCOPES TO BE DETERMINED ON THOSE TWO SHELF PROJECTS.
YOU ALSO HAVE A RURAL RUSTIC ROADS PROGRAM, WHICH IS BASICALLY TAKEN AN ALREADY STATE MAINTAINED ROADWAY THAT IS QUOTE UNQUOTE GRAVEL AND CONVERTED OVER TO A ALL WEATHER SEASONED SURFACE, WHICH IS BASICALLY A TAR AND SHIP IS WHAT WE DO.
UH, YOU HAVE THREE OF THOSE ROADS AS YOU CAN SEE.
UH, PRIORITY ONE HOG NECK ROAD, UH, UP THERE BY MODINE.
NUMBER TWO IS SEAGULL LANE THERE, LOCUST FIELD, AND THEN FROG STOOL BACK THERE BEHIND PAGAN AREA.
SO, UH, COUNTYWIDE GPCS, YOU HAVE THREE OF THOSE ONE'S FOR ENGINEERING AND SURVEY.
THIRD IS INCIDENTAL CONSTRUCTION ON SECONDARY ROADS.
UH, WE'LL SKIP THIS SLIDE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A PROJECT CURRENTLY TO FUND, UH, FUNDING ON YOUR ROLE.
RUSTIC PROGRAMS. YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, LET'S SEE, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOG NECK NOVEMBER, 2027.
UH, THAT'S FULLY FUNDED BY YEAR 28.
UH, SEAGULL LANE IS YOUR NUMBER TWO.
SO THAT'S NEXT TO START RECEIVING THE FUNDING.
UH, THAT, THAT ESTIMATE OF $25,000 IS FUNDED, UH, BY THE YEAR 30, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2029 WILL BE THAT COMPLETION DATE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE STILL NOT ACHIEVED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING NEEDED TO MATCH THE ESTIMATE OF $125,000, UH, EXTENDING OUT TO, UH, YEAR 32.
BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING BY NOVEMBER, 2035 THAT WILL BE COMPLETED AS WELL.
SO BASED ON OUR FUNDING, IF ANY BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO TOUR A FROG LOBBY,
SO, UM, UPCS, YOU WILL NEVER FORGET THE EXPERIENCE.
UM, UPCS, YOU HAVE YOUR ROLE ADDITIONS CURRENTLY FOR A LITTLE OVER 14,000 IN THE ACCOUNT FROM PREVIOUS FUNDING.
UH, OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE A TOTAL OF 27,382, UH, ENGINEERING AND SURVEY THROUGH AT THE COUNTY, CURRENTLY 375,573, UH, OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS TO CONTRIBUTION THERE WITH A, UH, GRAND TOTAL AFTER THOSE SIX YEARS OF $569,865.
AND YOUR INCIDENTAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM CURRENTLY HAS $25,000 IN, IT WILL HAVE AN INFLUX OF 210,000 1 35 OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 2 3 5 1 35 PROJECTED BY THE END OF YEAR 2032.
MR. HART, I THINK I GOT A MIN MINUTE OR LESS.
I WAS JUST GONNA ASK THE BOARD THIS, UH, REDWOOD ROAD.
NOT, WE KNEW YOU WERE COMING WITH THAT.
IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME,
I'M ASKING AND BEGGING THIS BOARD.
THAT ROAD WAS PUT ON THE SAME MEETING AS CEMETERY ROAD BY JULIE, BY RODDA MAJOR'S MOTHER JULIA.
WE PUT IT ON THE SAME MEETING AND IT'S APPROACHING 40 YEARS THAT THAT HAS BEEN ON THE LIST AND THAT WAS PUT ON THE SAME YEAR AS CEMETERY ROAD.
SO I'M JUST ASKING THE BOARD IF ANYTHING WOULD HAPPEN TO ME.
GOOD, BAD, INDIFFERENT, PLEASE CARRY THAT ROAD FORWARD.
AND YOU GET THAT DONE AS A, AS FOR ME AND FOR THIS FOR OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE THINK ABOUT THAT.
THE SAME YEAR, THAT'S CEMETERY GOING RIGHT BEHIND HERS, SHE HIT ME ON THE LEG AND SAID, MINE'S FIRST.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THAT WAS DONE.
SO I MEAN, IT MEANS YOU ALL KNOW HOW MUCH THAT MEANS.
WE'LL NAME IT AFTER YOU
AND ALL THE SIGNS WILL BE TORN DOWN.
BUT PLEASE THE BOARD WOULD DO THAT.
I MEAN, I, I PROBABLY WON'T BE HERE, BUT WHENEVER IT HAPPENS, AND I'VE ASKED CHRIS TOO, HE'S GOT ANOTHER 50, 30, 40
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YEARS OF WHERE HE ISSO, BUT THAT'S HOW LONG IT'S BEEN ON ALMOST 40 YEARS NOW.
PUT ON THE SAME YEAR AS THE CEMETERY ROAD.
MADAM, IF I COULD MR. THE LAST COUPLE SECONDS, I'M SORRY.
ONE, I THINK, I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO THANK VDOT FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THEY DID DURING THE BLIZZARD.
THEY STILL STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADS.
BUT THE OTHER THING, WHAT, I KNOW IT WOULDN'T BE PART OF THIS BRIEF, BUT IS THERE PLANS FOR THREE 16 TO BE RESURFACED? THERE ARE.
AND IT'S ONGOING DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S GONNA FIT BEST.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES DUE TO THE, UH, DETOURS THAT MAY BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO REBUILD THAT ROAD.
UH, BUT OUR THREE 16 WAS NUMBER TWO ON OUR DISTRICT LIST.
GOING TO RICHMOND WAS ACTUALLY THE NUMBER ONE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE COMPARISON THERE.
SO, BUT WE ARE NUMBER TWO AND WE ARE ACTIVELY DISCUSSION IN DISCUSSION WITH WHAT TO DO WITH THREE 16.
SO WHAT'S THAT MEAN FOR THE FOLKS DRIVING THREE 16 FOR NOW, WE'RE GONNA MAINTAIN, WE'RE GONNA PATCH THE HOLES.
IT'S PLENTY OF HOLES AS YOU ALL KNOW.
UH, BUT WE'RE RIGHT THERE WEEKLY LOOKING FOR 'EM, REPAIRING 'EM AS WE SEE 'EM.
UH, I DON'T HAVE A TIMEFRAME ON, ON WHEN TO ANTICIPATE RIGHT NOW, BASED ON SOME SETBACKS ON RIGHT.
60 UP IN JAMES CITY, BUT WE'RE NUMBER TWO.
SHELL BRIDGE, NO, SHELL, UH, SHIELDS BRIDGE.
WHEN'S THE COMPLETION? UH, THE FIXED COMPLETION DATE ON THAT IS MAY THE FOURTH.
UH, SO THAT IS WHEN IT WILL BE OPEN.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE LESS THAN A MONTH OUT, A COUPLE WEEKS OUT.
I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF IT TAKEN YESTERDAY.
BECAUSECAUSE, MY CONSTITUENTS ARE REALLY, I I THEY'RE REALLY GETTING A LITTLE IMPATIENT.
WELL, IT IS ON SCHEDULE AND THAT'S THE SCHEDULE THAT, THAT WE SAID FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT.
BUT I SAW PICTURES OF IT SENT TO ME YESTERDAY BY THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM.
IT'S GOT GUARDRAILS PUTTING A THOUSAND HERE.
I ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME IF NOBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS TO APPROVE.
IT'S BEEN, UH, PROPERLY MOVED AND SECOND THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE ATTACHED, UH, VDOT 20 FY 27 TO 32 SECONDARY SIX YEAR PLAN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET TO BE KNOWN BY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
WE'RE BACK AT OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY, HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO READ HIM.
ARE YOU SERIOUS? I'VE TAUGHT, I TAUGHT BOTH NO SIZE.
WE GONNA DISMISS OF THE, UH, I'D RATHER YOU TELL ME THAT.
PUBLIC HEARING ADVERTISEMENTS.
I'M KIND OF CONFUSED ON THAT ONE.
THAT, THAT'S JUST THE ADVERTISEMENT.
I THINK THIS, UH, SO OH, THAT'S WAY YOU ADVERTISE.
MR. HALL, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF THE SEWER LINES AND THE INJUNCTION PARK TO, UH, THE HRSD.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, STEWARD HALL, PUBLIC WORKS AND FACILITIES.
THIS ITEM RELATES TO THE ONGOING PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING THE, UH, SEWER ASSETS AND OPERATIONS TO HRSD, UH, PER THE AGREEMENT THAT THE BOARD APPROVED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO NOW, UH, THIS SPECIFIC ITEM RELATES TO THE EASEMENTS WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, UM, WHICH GENERALLY IT'S A, THEY GENERALLY CONSISTS OF A 15 FOOT AREA, UM, ALONG THE SIDE OF THE VDOT, RIGHT OF WAY OF THE ROADS INSIDE THE PARK, ALONG WITH ANOTHER SMALL EASEMENT AREA OUT AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE PARK, UH, BY THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 13.
SO THIS IS A DEED OF, UM, ASSIGNMENT, UH, DEDICATION, SOME OTHER WORD THERE, UH, THAT JAN PREPARED.
UH, BUT IT'S BASICALLY TRANSFERRING THAT EASEMENT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE COUNTY TO HRSD.
AND THESE ARE THE SAME EASEMENTS THAT WE OBTAINED FROM THE EDA IN LIKE 2009, I THINK.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS ABOUT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING FORTH IN THE FUTURE FOR ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE INDUSTRIAL PARK PORTION.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MR. STEWART? UH, MR. STEWART? MR. HALL
UH, THERE'S NO ONE HAS SIGNED, UH, FOR, TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PUBLIC HEARING OPEN, UH, SESSION.
UH, THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE.
UH, WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? MOVE WE APPROVED.
SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF SEWER LINES AND INDUSTRIAL COURT TO
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THE HRSD.ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED, THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED.
SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPERLY.
SECOND THAT WE CONTINUE THE, UM, HEARING OF THE, UH, CONVEYANCE FEE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
12 TWO, RECEIVE A NEW AQUA WEB GIS PLATFORM DEMONSTRATION.
IT, WAIT, IT WAS, IT WAS WORKING.
PUSHING MIKE OUT OF HIS CHAIR HERE.
SO LET'S GO TO THE SLIDESHOW FOR THAT.
WHERE IS THE BUTTON FOR THAT? SLIDESHOW? SLIDESHOW.
UM, I'M GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M TOM BROBERG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, HERE TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE CHANGES TO MIMA AND, UH, OKAY THERE.
SO, UM, WHY THE CHANGE? UM, THE CURRENT VERSION'S OVER 14 YEARS OLD, WE'VE HAD MIMA IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER FOR 16 YEARS.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT WHEN WE DID THE CURRENT VERSION 14 YEARS AGO, SMARTPHONES WERE JUST STARTING TO BE A THING TOO.
UM, THE OTHER BIG REASON FOR THE CHANGE THAT HAS RUSHED US NOW IS THAT ESRI, THE COMPANY THAT THE MAPPING APPLICATION RUNS IN THE BACKGROUND, IS GONNA WANTED TO START CHARGING US FOR EVERY LOG IN THE COUNTY THAT WE HAD.
AND THAT WAS GONNA TRIPLE THE ANNUAL COSTS TO MAINTAIN THE SITE.
UM, SO THE MAJOR CHANGES, UM, THAT INCREASED COST REALLY MEANT THAT LOGIN ACCESS, THAT THAT STAFF PAID SUBSCRIBERS, COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIBERS, HAS TO GO AWAY.
UM, THE EXTRA BELLS AND WHISTLES THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE PAID SUBSCRIPTION SITE AND THE COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS, ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR WILL BE MOVING TO THE FREE SITE.
SO THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.
AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR THAT WILL NOW START GETTING THAT FOR FREE.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW FEATURES.
UM, THERE ARE AI ENHANCEMENTS.
I'LL SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN A MOMENT.
AND JUST, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES ON THE SITE.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING THIS FOR 14 YEARS.
IT'LL TAKE 'EM GETTING USED TO, BUT THE MORE I'VE BEEN PLAYING WITH IT, THE MORE I'M GETTING EXCITED.
AND I'M FROM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE CHANGE AND, BUT I'M GETTING EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
UM, IT WILL WORK BETTER ON, UH, PHONES AND TABLETS COMPARED TO THE CURRENT VERSION.
SO THE SITE HAS HAD ACCESS, THE STAFF HAS HAD ACCESS TO THE BE BETA SITE FOR ABOUT A MONTH.
WE HAVE SENT, UM, NOTICES TO ALL THE PEOPLE WITH LOGIN ACCESS, LETTING THEM KNOW OF THE UPCOMING CHANGES.
WE'VE HAD STAFF DEMONSTRATIONS AND TESTING, UM, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO A NOTICE WENT UP ON THE SITE LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT CHANGES ARE COMING.
I HOPE THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.
I KNOW PEOPLE JUST TEND TO BREEZE PAST THINGS ON THE MAIN PAGE, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY'VE, THEY'VE SEEN THAT.
UM, BEGINNING TOMORROW, UH, TOMORROW AFTERNOON, THERE IS GONNA BE A NOTICE ON THE SITE THAT'S GONNA INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TEST OUT THE NEW SITE.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL TEST IT OUT AND GET US SOME FEEDBACK BECAUSE WE, WE GET GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND THEN PEOPLE GOING TO THE SITE ON APRIL 30TH, THEY'RE GONNA BE TAKEN ACTUALLY TO THE NEW SITE AUTOMATICALLY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE 'EM RIGHT THAT DAY.
KEEP USING THE, I MEAN, IMMEDIATELY JUMP
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TO THE NEW SITE.THERE'S GONNA BE AN OPTION TO LET THEM GO BACK TO THE OLD SITE FOR TWO MORE WEEKS.
AND THEN ABOUT A MONTH FROM TODAY, THE CURRENT VERSION OF AKA MAP'S RETIRED.
ANY LOGIN, IT COMPLETELY GOES AWAY.
UM, SO THIS IS SORT OF WHAT, UH, THE SITE WILL LOOK LIKE BEGINNING TOMORROW ON THE CURRENT SITE.
YOU'LL SEE UP AT THE TOP THERE'S, THEY'RE GONNA BE THE OPTION TO GO TO THE NEW SITE.
NOW LET'S MOVE OVER TO THE NEW SITE HERE.
WHERE'S THE MOUSE? WHERE'S MY MOUSE? AH, THERE.
OH, SO THIS IS WHEN YOU COME TO THE NEW SITE.
UH, IT'S ALREADY GONE PAST THE DISCLAIMER.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOTICE IS IT'S GONNA LOOK AND FEEL A LOT DIFFERENT FOR, WITH THE COUNTY CHANGING ALL THEIR WEBSITES.
WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE ALONG WITH THAT.
WE'RE GONNA BE USING A LOT OF THE COLORS THAT IS BEING USED IN THE CURRENT COUNTY WEBSITE.
SO IT FEELS A LOT LIKE THE CURRENT COUNTY WEBSITE.
WE, WE'VE GOT THE CRAB, WE EVEN HAVE THE CRAB UP TOP HERE.
UM, SO YOU START ON THIS SCREEN, I'M JUST GONNA ACTUALLY START YOU ON THE MAP 'CAUSE I'M ALL ABOUT MAPS.
UM, AND FIRST THING YOU MAY NOTICE, THERE'S AN OPTIONAL OVERVIEW MAP HERE.
UM, THAT LARGE.IS BASICALLY SHOWING THE CENTER OF THE MAP.
SO AS YOU MOVE AROUND ON THE MAP, THAT DOT WILL SHIFT SAYING WHERE YOU ARE.
UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN USING AKA MAP, BUT IF YOU SEARCH FOR AN ADDRESS AND IF YOU SEARCH FOR A PARCEL THAT'S ON A SCREEN SEPARATE FROM THE MAP HERE, MOST EVERYTHING IS ALL ON ONE PAGE.
UM, SO I'M GONNA SEARCH JUST ON BAILEY AND I PICKED BAILEY BECAUSE WE HAVE RO A ROAD NAMED BAILEY AND PEOPLE MAY BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ON THAT ROAD.
OR WE HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS NAMED BAILEY.
SO I'M GONNA SEARCH FOR, UM, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS NAMED BAILEY.
AND IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE MAP THAT KIND OF SHOWS WHERE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THEY ALL ARE.
AND THIS IS ONE THING THAT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT TO YOU.
UM, THE DISPLAY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON LAPTOPS THAT HAVE A PROJECTOR OR ATTACH TO A WALL MONITOR YOU NEED TO PRESS.
IT'S GIVING ME ALL THE, THE RESULTS YOU CAN KIND OF SEE.
IF YOU LOOK UP IN CAPTAIN'S COVE AS I MOVE IT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER, IT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS WHERE THAT IS.
I'M GONNA SAY, SHOW ME THE NAMES.
UM, AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED.
I'VE ALWAYS JUST GONE TO GEORGE BAILEY BECAUSE IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
UM, AND IT, IT TAKES YOU THERE.
AND ACTUALLY THIS, THIS MR. BAILEY IS ON BAILEY LANE TOO.
SO, UM, ONE THING THAT, ANOTHER THING THAT IS DIFFERENT, UH, IS I'M GONNA TURN ON THE BASE MAP WITH THE AERIAL IMAGERY.
IN THE PAST YOU'VE NOT SEEN ON AKA MAP THE PARCEL LINES WITH THE AERIAL IMAGERY.
UH, BUT YOU CAN SEARCH, SEE THE RESULTS AND SEE THE PARCEL DETAILS.
ALL THOSE USED TO BE ON SEPARATE SCREENS.
YOU CAN NOW SEE THAT ALL ON ONE SCREEN.
UM, THERE ARE SOME ADVANCED SEARCHING, UH, WHERE YOU CAN SEARCH BY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE ON, OR YOU CAN USE SOME OF THE AI FEATURE.
UM, I'M GONNA SEARCH, AND I'M GONNA PUT THIS DOWN FOR A MOMENT TO TYPE, OKAY, SO I ASKED IT TO GIMME ALL SALES LAST YEAR, OVER A HUNDRED ACRES, AND IT GIVES YOU THE RESULTS AND THERE ARE 26 OF 'EM.
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT BY PARCEL NUMBER OR ANOTHER
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DI DISPLAY FIELD LIKE OWNER AND SEE WHERE THOSE ARE.I'M GONNA PUT DOWN THE MICROPHONE AND DO ANOTHER ONE.
SO THIS IS AGAIN, THE, THE AI PORTION OF THE SITE.
AND, AND WE HAD 36 SALES THAT WERE OVER $5 MILLION, UM, IN THAT YEAR.
SO, UM, I DON'T SEE YOUR NAME ON IT.
IT WILL NOT ALWAYS GIVE YOU SOMETHING AGAIN,
UH, I ASK FOR ALL SALES LAST YEAR.
NO, IT'S GONNA DO SOMETHING ELSE.
SALES DURING, THEY TOLD ME NOT TO TAKE TOO LONG AND I TIME MYSELF, BUT I WASN'T TYPING ONE HAND WHEN I PRACTICED
DON'T YOU LOVE IT WHEN EVERYBODY'S WATCHING YOU TYPE
SO IF IT'S GIVING YOU OVER 2000 RESULTS, IT'S SAYING JUST REFINE YOUR SEARCH.
UM, BUT YOU COULD NARROW THAT DOWN TO SAY ALL SALES WITHIN A ZIP CODE.
WOULD IT RUN WITH THAT? I WOULD NOT SAY ZIP CODE, BUT OKAY.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE THE ZIP CODE DATA IS SO BAD, UM, YEAH, I GET SO MANY CALLS A WEEK ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR ZIP CODE IS AND, AND I CAN'T TELL THEM BECAUSE OF, WE HAVE POST OFFICES THAT DON'T DELIVER, UM, PHYSICALLY.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S SET UP FOR THAT.
IT'S SORT OF BASED ON OWNER AND SALES DATE AND SALES AMOUNT AND, AND ACREAGE.
UM, DO YOU KNOW, THERE'S 5 MILLION.
SO I, I'VE JUST ZOOMED IN AND, UH, PICKED A PARCEL.
WE STILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS SUMMARY LAND BUILDING THAT YOU'VE GOT ON THE CURRENT SITE.
WE HAVE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL TAB.
Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE APPEARING ON IT.
UM, IT'S GONNA GIVE, AND WE'RE STILL BUILDING IT, BUT IT'S GONNA TELL THEM WHAT ELECTION DISTRICT IT IS, WHAT THE PRECINCT NAME AND NUMBER IS, UM, WHERE THEY GO TO VOTE, WHO THEIR BOARD MEMBER IS, WHO THEIR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS, WHO THEIR, UM, WHAT THEIR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONES ARE.
UM, FIRE AND RESCUE FLOOD ZONE DATA, IF THEY'RE IN AN, YOU KNOW, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING THAT.
BUT THAT WILL, UM, YOU'LL, YOU'LL START SEEING YOUR NAME UP HERE, HERE, THERE.
UM, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GIVE MORE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, ANOTHER NEW FEATURE ON THIS AS IF YOU CLICK ON THIS INFO TAB, AND IT MAY NOT, IT WILL GIVE YOU AN OUTLINE OF THE PARCEL, GIVE YOU AN ELEVATION.
I'M GONNA MINIMIZE THIS, GIVE YOU AN ELEVATION AND SHOW YOU AS YOU MOVE AROUND THE PROPERTY, WHAT THE ELEVATION IS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THAT BASED ON WHAT, WHERE'S IT GOING? IT'S BASED ON, IT'S BASED ON LIDAR DATA THAT WAS DONE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ONLY AN APPROXIMATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S JUST SAYING SOMEWHERE IN THAT SQUARE ON THE RIGHT, UM, IT'S THAT ELEVATION, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THAT LITTLE SQUARE TAKES UP SPACE.
SO, UM, BUT IT'S AN ESTIMATION.
IT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WILL HELP YOU SAY, HEY, WHICH WAY DOES MY LAND DRAIN? IT LOOKS PRETTY FLAT TO ME.
WHAT'S MY GROUND LEVEL? SO I KNOW HOW HIGH UP I HAVE TO BUILD MY HOUSE OFF THE GROUND.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT HAS SOME THINGS FOR ESTIMATING PURPOSES FOR THOSE DON'T REPLACE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED A SURVEYOR TO COMPLETE, LIKE AN ACTUAL ELEVATION CERTIFICATE.
BUT IT, IT'S, IT GIVES YOU A GOOD PLANNING.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS YOU GOING OUT TO RGIS AND ESRI, OR WHAT'S THE DATA SET IN THE LAYERS? UM, I WILL HAVE TO ASK OUR CONSULTANT WHO SERVES THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A NATIONAL DATA SET.
OKAY, IF I MOVE THIS TO THE, I'LL MOVE IT OUT OUT OF THE COUNTY.
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OUT HERE.AND IF I DO A MARKUP AND SAY, DRAW A LITTLE POLYGON, PLEASE BACK IT UP.
IT'S A LITTLE, THERE'S A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THE SITE ON THIS WHEN IT'S A LAPTOP CONNECTED TO A PROJECTOR, BUT THAT SAME LITTLE GRID THAT WAS APPEARING APPEARS OVER HERE.
SO IT'S NOT A LOCAL NO'S NOT, IT'S NOT A LOCAL COUNTY OWNED DATA SITE AT ALL.
UM, SO, UM, SLEEPY AT NIGHT, LOOK, I'VE HAD MORE STRUGGLE.
HAVING THIS ONLINE WILL ENABLE OTHER THINGS.
FOR INSTANCE, I WAS TRYING TO DO THE SEARCH FOR THE DISTRICTS AND LOOK AT HOW MANY TRANSLATOR TVS, RIGHT? AND IT COULDN'T FIGURE OUT THE DISTRICTS AND STUFF.
SO THIS IS WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE TURNED ON THAT YOU WANNA SEE ON THE MAP.
IT'S GOT, UH, AREAS THAT COLLAPSE.
UM, TAX PARCELS ARE TURNED ON, WE'RE ZOOMED OUT TOO FAR FOR THEM TO BE TURNED ON.
UM, RIGHT NOW YOU SEE A LABEL FOR THE TAX PARCEL.
WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BUTTON HERE FOR A LABEL.
IF YOU, IF THE LABELS ARE IN THE WAY THAT YOU DON'T WANNA SEE IT, IT SHOULD TURN, SHOULD TURN OFF.
UM, IF YOU, SINCE I DO FLOODING, I'M GONNA JUMP TO FLOODS AND S GO TO AN AREA WHERE THERE IS FLOOD I FLOOD ZONES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LEGEND THAT AUTOMATICALLY APPEARS CURRENTLY ON AKA MAP, YOU DON'T REALLY SEE AT THE MOMENT.
YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SOME PEOPLE KNOW AND WANNA SEE IT AND DON'T WANNA SEE IT, AND OTHERS DO.
IF YOU WANNA SEE IT, YOU JUST PRESS THAT LITTLE LEGEND BUTTON AND THAT OPENS AND COLLAPSES IT.
UM, IF YOU WANNA SEE IT OVER THE AERIAL IMAGERY OR OVER ANOTHER MAP, YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE SLIDER BAR HERE THAT YOU CAN DIM IT OR TAKE IT UP TO FULL FORCE.
UH, AND IF YOU WANNA TURN EVERYTHING BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING AND YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE TO SCROLL UP AND DOWN THE LIST TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU HAD TURNED ON, YOU CAN JUST HIT THAT RESET BUTTON AND IT'LL TAKE IT BACK TO THE BEGINNING.
WE'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE MAP SEARCHING THINGS AND IF YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT WAS THAT PARCEL I WAS LOOKING AT EARLIER FOR THAT MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN GO UP HERE TO YOUR CHAT.
IT HAS EVERYTHING WE SEARCHED SO IT HAS A HISTORY AND WE CAN GO BACK NOW.
IT, IT REALLY LASTS UNTIL THE SITE IT, THIS WILL LAST UNTIL THE SITE RESETS BY OUR CONTRACTOR.
THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT NOW.
THEY'RE DOING IT MULTIPLE TIMES DAILY AS THEY'RE UPLOADING CHANGES.
BUT ONCE THEY'RE, WE GET TO SORT OF WHERE THEY ONLY UPDATE THAT EVERY FEW WEEKS OR MONTHLY, THAT'LL BE A LITTLE MORE STABLE.
BUT YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL SEARCH FOR BAILEY AND GO BACK AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT BAILEYS AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GO BACK TO THAT ON THE MAP.
UM, THOSE, THOSE BLUE BUTTONS DON'T WORK, DO THEY? THE BLUE BUTTONS, YOU CAN'T CLICK ON THEM.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY THE SENT TROY OF THE, THE SEARCH RESULTS.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA GIMME DETAILED INFORMATION ON THAT LINE? NO, YOU CAN ZOOM OUT ON IT, BUT IT WON'T TELL ME WHO, WHAT OR HOW MUCH OR STEPS VALUE.
WELL IF YOU ZOOM IN ON IT AND SELECT IT, YOU UH, IT WILL, IT WILL.
SO I CAN, I CAN BASICALLY CLICK ON IT AND YOU CLICK ON IT.
IT'S NOT CLICK WELL IF YOU ZOOM IN AND, BUT YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND CLICK ON IT AND THEN JUST CLICK ON THE PUSH AND THEN YOU GET AH, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GONNA GIVE YOU ONE AT A TIME.
YEAH, SO I, OKAY, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT WORKS FOR THEM THAT, THAT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH.
UM, AND I'M ONE OF THE OLD MEN.
AND I'M GONNA TURN OFF ALL THOSE BLUE ONES, UH, JUST BY CLOSING OUT THAT SEARCH.
UM, THOSE ARE MOST OF THE FEATURES.
UH, COUPLE OF GOOD THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND.
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WE HAVE A FEEDBACK BUTTON WHERE YOU CAN CLICK AND SUBMIT FEEDBACK AND IT WILL SEND SOMETHING TO OUR OFFICE AND WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU.UM, YOU CAN CLICK THIS LITTLE QUESTION MARK HAS A LOT OF HELP ARTICLES ON HOW TO DO THINGS OR AGAIN, I'M GONNA CLICK ON THAT AGAIN AND USE THE CHAT FEATURE.
THIS IS AGAIN, SORT OF THE POWER OF AI AND SAY, UM, AND SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON HOW TO DO SOMETHING, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GET THAT BY JUST ASKING A QUESTION RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND FINDING OUT.
UH, AND WITH THAT A LOT OF CHANGES.
WE'RE STILL BUILDING ADDITIONAL CHANGES.
AGAIN, THIS WILL START APPEARING TOMORROW.
PEOPLE WON'T BE FORCED TO USE THIS FOR ANOTHER MONTH.
A LOT OF COUNTY STAFF WORKED ON THAT.
OUR OFFICE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
WE'VE ESPECIALLY HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM IT.
UM, AND ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN USING THE SITE AS FAR STAFF AND GIVEN US FEEDBACK AND WANTED TO ALSO POINT OUT, UM, OUR CONSULTANT CIVIC VANGUARD AND THAT ALL OF THIS WORK HAS BEING DONE UNDER OUR CURRENT COUNTY TRA CONTRACT WITH THEM.
AND IT'S BEEN NO NEW FUNDS FROM THE COUNTY TO PAY FOR THIS WHATSOEVER.
GOOD WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THE COST FOR SUBSCRIPTION WITH THE OLD SYSTEM, HOW MUCH WAS THAT? THE FIRST YEAR WAS 321 AND THE ANNUAL RENEWAL WAS 107.
AND THE NEW SYSTEM'S FREE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WILL THIS EVER BE A APP IF YOU CAN LOAD ON YOUR PHONE? I JUST TRIED
WELL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE FROM YOUR PHONE RIGHT? AND, AND DO THAT.
BUT THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR THAT AT, AT THE MOMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICING ON THAT WOULD BE.
BUT THE NEW ONE SHOULD HAVE BETTER MOBILE FUNCTIONALITY THAN WE HAVE.
AND AND I'LL BE HONEST, I HAVEN'T TRIED THAT MYSELF, MYSELF, BUT I HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED IT IN THE FIELD.
SOME OF OUR INSPECTORS, BUILDING INSPECTORS ARE USING IT ON THEIR TABLETS IN THE FIELD AND, AND SOME HAVE USED IT ON THEIR COUNTY ISSUED PHONES AND THEY HAVE SAID IT IS MUCH BETTER.
ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS? IF YOU HAVE ANY, ASK ME.
I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M THERE FOR.
MOVING DOWN TO 12.3, UH, CONSIDER SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A PROPOSAL AMENDMENT TO SECTION 82 DASH 1 28 OF COUNTY CODE TO ALLOW THE LATE FILING OF APPLICATION AND VALIDATION FORMS FOR THE COUNTY'S LAND USE PROGRAM UP TO 60 DAYS AFTER THE DEADLINE.
WHAT IS YOUR PLACE? YOUR HONOR, YOU WANT TO GIVE A PRECO? SORRY.
CHAIR MIKE MASON, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
JUST, UH, UH, THE BLUFF HERE, BOTTOM LINE, UP FRONT.
UH, RIGHT NOW, ACK COUNTY CODE DOES NOT ALLOW, UM, A LATE SUBMISSION OF A LAND USE VALIDATION FORM OR AN APPLICATION IF YOU CO IF THE, IF IT COMES IN AFTER THE DATE, WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY UNDER CODE TO UH, ACCEPT THAT.
AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE, WHICH IS ALL WE'RE ASKING AT THIS POINT, IS TO SEND IT TO PUBLIC HEARING, IS REVISIONS TO CODE THAT ALLOW US TO ACCEPT IT IN EXCHANGE OF A LATE FEE BEING, UH, PROVIDED.
SECOND, UH, THAT WE WILL ABIDE BY THIS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AND THE MOTION HAS CARRIED YOU ALREADY UP THERE, MR. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND, AND I, IT REALLY DOES GIVE TAX, UH, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS A SECOND CHANCE.
AND, AND IF, IF YOU ARE IN THE LAND USE PROGRAM AND AREN'T ABLE TO CONTINUE IN IT BECAUSE YOU SUBMITTED LATE, IT CAN BE VERY COSTLY TO A TAXPAYER.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME, UH, UH, EXAMPLES OF THAT AND, AND THIS, WE SEEK TO, UH, ADDRESS THAT ISSUE WITH THIS, UH, CODE AMENDMENT.
UH, THE UNDER COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.
THESE ARE ALL JUST INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. THERE'S NO, UH, REQUESTED ACTION.
I DO HAVE A REQUESTED ACTION UNDER OTHER, BUT I'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
UM, QUICKLY JUST GOING, UM, DOWN THE LIST HERE, CHANGES TO T GAUGES LOCATED
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IN, IN AKIMA COUNTY.ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE T GAUGES THAT WE HAVE, UM, WELL, AS OF A FEW MONTHS AGO, SSIS, UH, SHIG AND HARTON ARE ALL BEING REPLACED.
UH, MOST OF THE TIDE GAUGES WERE, UH, PROVIDED BY USGS.
UH, SARAH, UH, MCQUISTON, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE, WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH BECAUSE THE COST OF MAINTAINING THOSE TY GAUGES, WHICH IS BORN BY THE COUNTY, WAS INCREASING.
WE WERE AT ABOUT $12,000 ANNUALLY FOR THOSE, AND FOUND OUT THAT V DM PROVIDED TIGHT GAUGES AT NO COST TO THE LOCALITY.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO SAVE THE FUNDS, GET NEW EQUIPMENT, AND WE STILL HAD THREE GAUGES.
UM, STILL ONE IN SHANK TICK STILL ONE IN SAXES, BUT THE ONE THAT WAS IN HARTON PREVIOUSLY WAS CONSTANTLY OFFLINE, OR IT WAS, WHERE IT WAS AT, WAS NOT A GOOD PLACE, AND IT FREQUENTLY HAD TO BE MOVED BECAUSE OF ACTIVITY GOING ON AT THE, UH, IN, IN HARTON THERE.
SO THAT ONE IS NO LONGER, UM, AT HARTON, IT'S NOW IN, IN C**K CREEK.
IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THAT TYPE DATA WILL BE BENEFICIAL AND SERVE THE WHOLE REGION.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE JUST SORT OF SWAPPING THEM OUT BY WHO'S MAINTAINING THEM.
AND WE, WE, THE COUNTY NO LONGER HAS TO PAY, UH, FOR THE MAINTENANCE COST.
UM, SECOND, THE BOARD DIRECTED STAFF TO, UM, SEND OUT ITS BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED BACK IN, IN MARCH AND ARE NOW PART OF COUNTY CODE, UH, TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT, UM, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND STATE AGENCIES FOR COMMENT.
UH, WE DID SEND, UH, THE, THE NEW ORDINANCE, UH, TO, UH, THE STATE MARSH, UH, STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
UM, AND AT THE TIME I WROTE THIS, WE HADN'T GOTTEN ANY FEEDBACK WE HAVE NOW.
THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY, UH, COMMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE.
WE PROVIDED IT TO
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY REAL CHANGES COMING BACK FROM, UM, THAT FEEDBACK FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, MOVING ON TO 13 THREE, JUST ANOTHER, AGAIN, INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
UH, WE, WE WERE APPRISED BY EMAIL THAT VIM AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND, COMMONWEALTH VIRGINIA, THE STATE OF MARYLAND, ARE, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING A MOU TO, UH, BASICALLY GUIDE ICEBREAKER SERVICES FOR TANGIER ISLAND MOVING FORWARD.
AND, AND INCIDENTALLY, THE COUNTY HISTORICALLY HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ARRANGING FOR ICEBREAKER SERVICES FOR, FOR TANGIER UNTIL THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, USUALLY THERE WAS A, MY BELIEF IS, AND THIS IS, I, I HAVEN'T VERIFIED THIS, BUT MY BELIEF THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TOWN, UM, SOME INDIVIDUALS IN THE TOWN AND DNR WITH MARYLAND, AND THEY WERE ABLE JUST TO CALL AND, AND GET ASSISTANCE.
AND, UH, APPARENTLY IT'S NOT WORKING THAT WAY ANYMORE.
SO A REQUEST TO COME TO THE COUNTY TO ASSIST WITH, UH, ASSIST THE TOWN WITH GETTING ICEBREAKER SERVICES.
DURING THE LAST, THIS LAST WINTER, UH, WE PUT IN A REQUEST OF VM VDM CONTACTED DNR AND AND SERVICES WERE, WERE PROVIDED.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE MORE OF A FRAMEWORK ON THAT GOING FORWARD.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MOU IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE COULD BE, AGAIN, AND THIS IS SPECULATIVE, THERE COULD BE SOME COST INVOLVED, UM, TO THE COUNTY FOR ICE BREAKING SUPPORT SERVICES IF THERE IS NOT A STATE, UH, STATEWIDE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY AT THAT TIME.
BUT AGAIN, I, I'M NOT GONNA OVERREACT ON THAT QUITE YET.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE, UM, WHAT SHAKES OUT ON THAT AGREEMENT.
UH, UNDER OTHER, THE ONLY ITEM I HAD, AND THIS CAME UP TODAY, UH, AND IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL ISSUE, BUT IT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH I'M HOPING THE BOARD WILL APPROVE.
UH, THE V DS BUILDING, UM, IN MALFA, UH, THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY, UH, IS, IS WELL, VDAC SEEKS THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT BUILDING.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE BROADBAND AUTHORITY NEEDS AN EASEMENT ACROSS SOME COUNTY PROPERTY, UH, THAT WILL REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING.
I JUST GOT JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS TODAY.
AND I'D LIKE, LIKE PERMISSION, UM, OF THE BOARD TO GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE THAT PUBLIC HEARING IN MAY.
MOVE IT SECOND, IT'S REMOVING PROPERLY.
SECOND, THAT WE WOULD, UH, APPROVE THAT RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE A.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, AND THAT MOTION IS KEPT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UM, MY REMARKS.
I THINK WE'RE DOWN TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR'S COMMENT, PERIOD.
UM, SUPERVISOR HART? NO MA'AM.
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SUPERVISOR CROCKETT? NO MA'AM.SUPERVISOR, VICE CHAIR JOHNSON? NO.
I'M GONNA SAY JEFF, LIKE WHAT IS JEFF'S LAST NAME? DO PARK FELIX.
THANK YOU MADAM AND SUPERVISOR.
WELL, I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
NO, I JUST WANNA JUST TEASE IT.
NO, I WANNA THANK, UH, TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, INVITED ME.
ONE BEING THE DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
UH, INVITED ME ON SATURDAY TO, UH, THE PLACE OF THEIR MARKER, THE 250 YEAR MARKER.
AND THAT, THAT WAS A REALLY NICE WARM THAT DAY TOO.
IT WAS WARM SATURDAY, BUT I APPRECIATE THEM.
AND UM, SO WE PROBABLY COULD BE HEARING MORE FROM THE DOORS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS.
AND ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A BIT KUDO AS WELL TO THE PAINTER VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY WHO INVITED ME TO THEIR DINNER AND THEY'RE SELLING 75 YEARS OF BEING IN EXISTENCE.
SO I WANT TO GIVE THE SHOUT OUT TO THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, WE ARE DOWN TO THE BUDGET OF APPROPRIATION ITEMS. SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE? NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR MAY BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION IS CARRIED.
GOT A SECOND ON PAYING THE BILLS.
Y'ALL SAID SECOND ON PAYING THE BILLS.
ALRIGHT, IT'S REMOVING PROPERLY.
UH, ANY OF DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED, UH, THERE IS A NEED FOR A CLOSED SESSION.
UH, AND I THINK, UH, MR. VICE CHAIR, UH, JOHNSON HAS A MOTION FOR US? YES.
I MAKE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUIT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 1 DASH A SEVEN FOR CONSTELLATION OF LEGAL COUNSEL PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION REGARDING TO A BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM WHERE SUCH LITIGATION OR BRIEFING IN OPEN MEETING WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEGOTIATION OR LITIGATION POSTURE OF THE PUBLIC BODY.
SECOND, THIS WILL MOVE PROPERLY.
SECOND, UH, THAT WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR THE REASON, UH, SUPERVISOR, VICE CHAIR JUST STATED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET IT BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED WE ARE IN CLOSED SESSION AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ACTION FROM THE CLOSED SESSION.
AND WE DO APPRECIATE LAWFULLY ACCEPTED AND OPENING MEETING REQUIREMENTS UNDER VIRGINIA LAW AND I ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED SESSION WAS CONVENED.
UM, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED IN THE MEETING.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVING PROPERLY.
AND THIS IS FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.
UH, MS. JOHNSON, MR. WASHINGTON? YES.
AND THE CHAIR, UH, VENITA MAJOR SAYS YES.
THAT BRINGS US OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AND I THINK IT'S THE ONLY OTHER ONE ITEM THAT MOVE WE ADJOURN.
THE MOVING PROPERLY SUCKER THAT WE ADJOURN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR LETTER BE KNOWN BY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND THAT MOTION HAS CARRIED.
DAMN, I'VE HAD A GOOD TEACHER HERE.